Article Summary 17th May 2010
This is a list of articles that I have written on Associated Content in the last week, I hope you will take a look at them and also enjoy them. I write on a number of topics, usually it depends on what...
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What A Fun Evening This Is
Well first Debbie calls me this afternoon to tell me that the television picture is all pix-elated. I gave her some ideas for things to check, the Cable box, make sure the correct AV input was selected...
View ArticleDamn Dog!
DAMN DOG!!! I went out to do my weekend chore of picking up his mess in the garden, for which I keep a small trowel which is dug in a flower bed. I began my “search and retrieve” mission, then realized...
View ArticleWe need sad songs
Sad Songs: why do we love them? I think we all have our favourite sad songs – songs that we turn to when we’re miserable and songs that make us even more miserable – but we can’t stop ourselves. It...
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Football: The People’s Game
I don’t know how many readers of this blog are into football; I’m sure some are and most will have friends or family who have the disease. At its best a football match is a contest between two able and...
View ArticleToday Seems Kind Of Odd
With this being the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend in the USA, it seems rather weird for me being in the UK, sitting in an office working, when I feel that I ought to be relaxing at home with family and...
View ArticleSecurity Light Blues
You know what it’s like when a job that ought to be really simple just ends up going wrong for no reason of your own. This is what happened to me when I tried to replace a security light on our garage...
View ArticleI Became A Grandad For The First Time Today
I became A Grandad for the first time today with the news that my son and his wife had a baby this morning, born almost 2 weeks early by c-section. James Haydn Payne was born at 10:59am and weighs...
View ArticleFather’s Day Weekend
We had a rather nice Father’s Day weekend, with Debbie’s Mum and Dad coming over to use for lunch on Sunday, and then her daughter and fiance turned up as well. The roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast...
View ArticleWhen Is This Wind And Rain Going To End
The weather in the UK since at least a week before Christmas Day has been so bad it has me wondering when is this wind and rain going to end. With the exception of maybe 2-3 days the gusty winds and...
View ArticleJanuary Is A Brain Dead Month
After all the fuss about Christmas and New Years, I very often find that January is a brain dead month for me, and 2014 is proving to be no exception. I made myself a New Year’s Resolution to write...
View ArticleSunshine And Heavy Rain
It’s quite easy to get fed up with life in the UK at this time of year, especially if the weather consists of sunshine and heavy rain. Granted it’s unseasonably mild for the time of year, with...
View ArticleA Nice Carvery At The Master Builder
We had a nice carvery yesterday at The Master Builder which is only a couple of miles up the road from where we live. The pub changed management a few months ago, and so we thought it was time to see...
View ArticleMy Digital Tyre Inflator Saved My Bacon This Morning
In the Spring I bought a digital tyre inflator because I was fed up with having to go to the service station every couple of weeks to keep tyres on my car pumped up. The rear tyres keep losing air, and...
View ArticleNothing Wrong With My Poo!
A few weeks ago the NHS sent me a screening kit for bowel cancer which I had to return in the mail. I got the results today and can claim “there’s nothing wrong with my poo!” Bowel cancer screening is...
View ArticleMemories Of Cars I Have Owned
Memories of cars I have owned came back to me this morning on my way to work as Radio Solent had listeners calling in if they had ever given names to their cars, or indeed other modes of transport....
View ArticleAnother Wet And Windy Day In Southampton
Today is yet another wet and windy day in Southampton. Like many people, I really hate this time of year, especially in England because it’s often so dark and gloomy. When I moved to the USA in 1994,...
View ArticleThe sun actually came out today!
After what seems like weeks of grey skies, rain and wind, the sun actually came out today! Ok, so it’s not exactly clear blue skies, just the odd patch of blue between solid white clouds, but at least...
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A Lovely Day For A Wedding
Saturday was a lovely day for a wedding, as we saw Debbie’s son Rich get married to the love of his life Fiona. It was an outdoor wedding, and even in June you can’t rely on the weather co-operating,...
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